2026.02.18
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After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to treat trauma. We can all take part
An illustration of numerous gentle, overlapping hands forming the shape of a protective flower enclosing a small, curled up child.
I was detained for writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression
Rümeysa Öztürk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/18/rumeysa-ozturk-trauma-children-ice-gaza
Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’
Social Circle, a mostly Maga town, builds strange bedfellow coalition against plans to convert warehouse
Timothy Pratt in Social Circle, Georgia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/ice-detention-center-warehouse-georgia
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In other session news, a bill backed by more than two dozen GOP lawmakers would make protesting in front of someone’s place of residence a gross misdemeanor. Legal repercussions could also include restraining orders, Fox 9 reports. Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/residential-protesting-minnesota-new-gop-proposal-feb-2026
Nevada sues Kalshi to block company’s prediction market operation in state
State regulators seek to block Kalshi from offering events contracts that would allow residents to bet on sports
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/nevada-kalshi-lawsuit-prediction-market
Billionaire Les Wexner to testify before Congress about ties to Epstein
Wexner, who has denied misconduct related to Epstein, is one of several subpoenaed by House oversight panel
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/les-wexner-jeffrey-epstein-congress
Nazi letters reveal paper restorers’ role in compiling Holocaust ‘hitlist’
Exclusive: Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestry
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/nazi-letters-paper-restorers-holocaust-research
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries
Damian Carrington Environment editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/18/tropical-disease-chikungunya-transmitted-europe-study
Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
Damien Gayle
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/coffee-growing-countries-too-hot-to-cultivate-beans-analysis
Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project
Substances include chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males
Damien Gayle
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones
‘He invented a style’: war chronicler Robert Capa refashioned himself and revolutionised photography
A Paris exhibition showcases how the Magnum agency founder documented not just battle but also victims of war
Jon Henley
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/18/robert-capa-war-photographer-magnum-musee-de-la-liberation-de-paris
Here's a great costume idea for conventions -- all you need is a couple of woodworking tools! Be great for dieting too!
https://youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?si=6-yZ-vvbnbmexKek
Rio de Janeiro carnival 2026 – in pictures
Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is full of contrasts: wealth brushes up against poverty, joyful abandon unfolds alongside hard labour. Its visual expression also explores notions of power. In a country with the largest Catholic population in the world, racy nun costumes are everywhere during the festival. Along with revellers dressing up in sexy police costumes, the Catholic cosplay reveals an element of carnival’s underlying subversive nature: authority figures softened, flipped, and reconsidered through street theatre and play
Avery Leigh White
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/feb/18/rio-de-janeiro-carnival-2026-in-pictures
After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to treat trauma. We can all take part
An illustration of numerous gentle, overlapping hands forming the shape of a protective flower enclosing a small, curled up child.
I was detained for writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression
Rümeysa Öztürk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/18/rumeysa-ozturk-trauma-children-ice-gaza
Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’
Social Circle, a mostly Maga town, builds strange bedfellow coalition against plans to convert warehouse
Timothy Pratt in Social Circle, Georgia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/ice-detention-center-warehouse-georgia
More News
In other session news, a bill backed by more than two dozen GOP lawmakers would make protesting in front of someone’s place of residence a gross misdemeanor. Legal repercussions could also include restraining orders, Fox 9 reports. Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/residential-protesting-minnesota-new-gop-proposal-feb-2026
Nevada sues Kalshi to block company’s prediction market operation in state
State regulators seek to block Kalshi from offering events contracts that would allow residents to bet on sports
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/nevada-kalshi-lawsuit-prediction-market
Billionaire Les Wexner to testify before Congress about ties to Epstein
Wexner, who has denied misconduct related to Epstein, is one of several subpoenaed by House oversight panel
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/les-wexner-jeffrey-epstein-congress
Nazi letters reveal paper restorers’ role in compiling Holocaust ‘hitlist’
Exclusive: Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestry
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/nazi-letters-paper-restorers-holocaust-research
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries
Damian Carrington Environment editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/18/tropical-disease-chikungunya-transmitted-europe-study
Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
Damien Gayle
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/coffee-growing-countries-too-hot-to-cultivate-beans-analysis
Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project
Substances include chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males
Damien Gayle
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/hazardous-substances-headphones
‘He invented a style’: war chronicler Robert Capa refashioned himself and revolutionised photography
A Paris exhibition showcases how the Magnum agency founder documented not just battle but also victims of war
Jon Henley
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/18/robert-capa-war-photographer-magnum-musee-de-la-liberation-de-paris
Here's a great costume idea for conventions -- all you need is a couple of woodworking tools! Be great for dieting too!
https://youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?si=6-yZ-vvbnbmexKek
Rio de Janeiro carnival 2026 – in pictures
Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is full of contrasts: wealth brushes up against poverty, joyful abandon unfolds alongside hard labour. Its visual expression also explores notions of power. In a country with the largest Catholic population in the world, racy nun costumes are everywhere during the festival. Along with revellers dressing up in sexy police costumes, the Catholic cosplay reveals an element of carnival’s underlying subversive nature: authority figures softened, flipped, and reconsidered through street theatre and play
Avery Leigh White
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/feb/18/rio-de-janeiro-carnival-2026-in-pictures
